Fishing-tip.



F. E. BRUGMAN.

FISHING TIP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 9. 1914.

Patnted June 15, 1915.

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FRANK E. IBRUG-MAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

' Patented June 15, "1915.

Application filed September 9, 1914. Serial No. 860,829.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK York, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Tips, of which the following is a full and exact specification.

It relates to the employment of a sheave to reduce the resistance to the reeling in ofa stronglyv resistant fish and to provide the durability of the line, It guides the hue as it approaches and leaves the sheave and contributes to the holding of it until the proper time in "making a cast. It also provides by an elastic construction for making parts integral and light and strong, and for removing and replacing the sheave when I no tion which may on rare occasions sired. Fig. -5 corresponds to Fig. 1 but-with necessary in repairs. efi'ect is attained by a peculiarly formed and mounted member which I term a loop.

The accompanying drawings form a part of the specification and represent what '1 e teem the best means of .carrying out the invention.

Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 show it in the hori zontal position often held while in use. I

Fig. 1' is a longitudinal vertical section in the plane of the axis, the rod being held in the ordinary position. Fig. 2 is a. correspondlng longitudinal section in a plane quarter revolved. Fig. 3 is a section corresponding to Fig. 1 with the sheave in the act of belng taken out or being put in. Fig.

4 shows the position still horizontal but having been half rotated on its own axisso that the line runs over the 'loop,-a posibe dethe pole and its attachments erect and with the line extended horizontally in the act of being swung around for. a cast; Fig. 6 isv a cross sectional view taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 1.

. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

Referring to the figures, A is a portion of the fishing rod and A the light socket piece thereon. Bis a sheaveand D and Dare what "I will term cheeks lying on' each side of the sheave, recessed on their inner faces and elastically connected to the socket piece.

C is a slender axis or shaft carried in the cheeks and extending loosely through the sheave. The sheave revolves loosely in the recessesfiThe two checks are connected by E. BRUcMAiI, of New York city, in the State of New A large part of its.

light distance-pieces called cross-bars E and F secured by nuts G.

H is. what I term the 1001). It is attached at each end by an eye H to the correspondingextended end of the axis C. It extends radially therefrom to the periphery of the corresponding cheek; .at that pointit makes an angular bend inward andrests in a notch 03 in the cheek. This loop is curved where it extends across the interval between the cheeks. i

The line I in running out comes along the 2 pole A and leads over the sheave. It runs -under the cross bar E and under the loop H and thence downward. -When the line is being reeled in, it follows the same path but of course in the opposite direction. The curved form ofthe loop contributes to keep the line on the mid-length of the sheave whenever it is in contact therewith. these parts are smooth.

When the pole is nearly upright and moved to swing the line around, as in mak- All ing a cast, the loop is useful in a sense which is momentarily the opposite of the smooth guarding and the frictionless run-, ning, it aids to holdfast. The line contacts with the loop, bending sharply. It

contributes to hold itself. But the contact down the fishing rod for a short or a long period, or chooses for any reason to carry the line-with more than usual resistance to its running out, he can turn the pole one or more times on its own axis bringing the line in strong contact with the loop and perhaps winding around some other parts, making abundant friction. Turning it back to its original position restores it again to its usual easy condition. Fig. 4 shows one stage of such proceeding, the pole held hori-' zontally is half revolved and the-line tem-' porarily locked.

The material of the metal parts may be nickeLsteeL-whatever its nature the form is I important. The arms D, D which connect the cheeks D and D with the socket piece A,

I drop-forge deep and thin, approximating.

the form of corset springs, this gives great strength in the direstionto perfo its font: tion when strained by resi'stanee in pmlhn the .fishort'in clearing 'the'line when to with something inthe water, but yieldm '5 without injury to a strong pull in the latera direction, moving the cheeks apart of course. It is easy Without elaborate tools to put m or take out the sheave.

Modifications may be made withont de- U 10 parting from the principle or saerifioing the advanta es ofthe invention. The axis may be'loose 1n the sheave and allowed to have a' tight union with the cheeks and the loop instead of the manner shown. 4

I claim asimy invention:

15- c 1.- in a fishin rod tip, a sheave, z:

lying on each sie ofsaid'she'ave and ent arms oarr'ying'said cheeks "and having portions to engage in the socket pieceot the 3.9 r di nt! ts-Tiltwp =sleet'rod on the ends of the r ofthW-shea ve" with its ends bea v against he. loop-being curv which the axis of sai and-a loop mounted on said axis and having 30 i ..2. Ina fishing a 'sheave, cheehs in .which the axisogf sai bends seated in said notches, said loop being curved at its center. a

. 4. In a fishing rod tip, resilient arms, cheeks carried by said arms, a sheave havin its axis extended loosely therethrough an 35 'mounted in said cheeks, and a loop having eyes receiving the ends-.--of said axis, said i loog being curved between said cheeks.

gned at borough oi the Bronx, N. Y.

city, this 4th dag 0 September 1914.

" E, BRUGMAN. 

